I want bigger legs and I want your advice

[chriserac]

@bobalone The sad part is the Nordic Track are $400. I know the Bowflex are practically $500, but still both are expensive.

 

[bobalone]

@chriserac Keep looking until there’s a sale. I got them for $200 at Dicks a few months ago

 

[whatthedeuce]

@fish3rofm3n 40 fucking pull ups, in a row!? That's insane

 

[atoz]

@whatthedeuce Push up, not pull up. Still more than me though!

 

[whatthedeuce]

@atoz Oh God I'm so stupid! 40 pushups, still solid.

 

[debbiec]

@fish3rofm3n Try searching on YouTube for Hindu squats, pehlwani baithak(wrestlers squats), Hanuman squats, etc.

 

[shpiclovelymy]

@debbiec does it help

iam doing it

will it help ,,sayom your expeirieieienmeeecce

 

[jumbojonesy]

@fish3rofm3n What do you do for cardio? Activities like playing rugby, in-line skating, and bicycling did a ton for my legs even during times when I wasn’t lifting much

 

[likeruth]

@fish3rofm3n the guy with the neck tatoo made a great post about this a couple of months ago. you should check it out:

https://www.reddit.com/r/bodyweightfitness/comments/tdtex9/ten_of_the_best_calisthenics_leg_exercises_to

 

[dawn16]

@fish3rofm3n To build the kind of legs you want, your going need to do weighted leg exercises.

I'm 25M, 180lbs, Software Engineer so we are pretty similar i guess. Body weight squats will only take you so far. Many calisthenic youtubers/influencers that have big legs also incorporate a bodybuilding style leg day (barbell squats, weighted lunges, quad extensions, etc.) in their training because building the legs up with only body weight movement is just not enough to get the results they want. I'm not saying its not possible with only body weight, its just going to be a lot harder to do.

 

[darkeonz]

@fish3rofm3n Squats.

Cycle.

Focus on high resistant sprinting. Endurance cycling will burn muscle.

 

[indbaptist]

@fish3rofm3n Harder variation bodyweight exercises...

I hate the results since I started cycling uphills almost every day. It is long, difficult, exhausting. You gotta push through the burn and limit of your cardio capabilities... But it is really rewarding...

I literally cannot deep squat in most of my pants because of how tight they are (I don't wear skinny jeans), and all that after a month.

Does not have to be MTB, but deffinetly think about similar modalities of training and how that would apply to BWF.

Progressive overload is the key tho, and also focus. Focus is your biggest asset. One step, one goal, one sweatdrop at a time.

Also fix ur recovery. Most likely lagging, tho I haveny read your post fully.

 

[achamau]

@fish3rofm3n Hit the gym and lift some weights. That may be some hard to swallow pill on this sub, but it is what it is.

Sure you can do sprints, variations of squats etc.
The problem is your heart won’t be strong enough to really push your legs for growth.

 

[rose4justice]

@fish3rofm3n Get a bike or go hiking. That's worked well for me, I don't have body builder legs but they've definitely gotten noticeably bigger. I don't even do leg workouts anymore. I have a friend who plays a lot of ddr and his legs are crazy. Like jacked. If you want body builder legs you gotta build them like a body builder though.

 

[juls444]

@fish3rofm3n Just from experience, I used to rollerblade everyday and I had massive calves and thighs. I assume as others have suggested, an appropriate weighted routine with correct diet would be effective as well.

 

[blazeyankees11s]

@fish3rofm3n Try adding some variation to the squat exercise, along with some other types that others have mentioned. Try tempo squat (3s on the down motion, 2s on the way up), 1 1/4 (come up a quarter of the way and then back down), squat holds, squat slices (come down 1/5th, back up, then down 2/5ths and back up etc).

Secondly, perhaps you need to consume more calories and/or protein. I'm no nutritionist and I do not know you personally so I can simply only put the idea in your head but do properly evaluate your diet if you haven't already.

 

[fishdai]

@fish3rofm3n Look into Kneesovertoesguy on YouTube. His routine changed my legs. Was finally able to develop vmos and that really helped add mass to my legs.

 

[xaydungsongnam]

@fish3rofm3n I built my legs with barbell so not speaking from experience. But I imagine if you worked up to 3x20 solid ass pistol squats - no bounce, good form - your legs would have to grow. Plus some nordics and hill sprints for posterior chain. I don't know if they would get as big as if you did barbell squats though.

 

[thewesternwind]

@fish3rofm3n If you want decent-size legs, you can still go ham on regular and advanced calisthenics-styled squat and lunge variations, but if you want massive legs, you have to lift weights. It’s very tough to induce major hypertrophy with legs cause they are already too muscles themselves. Even Alphadestiny, who would occasionally skip legs, do sprints, and rely more on calisthenics for his legs could not maximize his true legs size until he started doing heavier barbell squats and deadlift works. Now, he’s bigger and stronger. Again, just really depends on what you want, but you do need the gym for massive legs.

 

[jonesforreal]

@fish3rofm3n Hill sprints will put mass on your legs.